Dear Father in Heaven: I love You and I give You all honor and glory for this day. Thanks for resting me down over the Thanksgiving break, and now, dear Father, I ask in the name of Jesus that you fire me up again at this keyboard. Help me, dear Lord, with a fresh look at the old stories from Your Word recorded in our Bibles. Lord, be with Danelle and Jeff as they travel, and thanks for bringing Keith and Karen and their family home safe. Lord, please watch over Matthew and Lord, please help him to contact us. Today, Lord, I want to pray for Reverend Jesse Jackson, and I pray that instead of him stirring the pot he would get on his knees before You as he leads a group and instead of leading them in protest he might lead them to Jesus. Please, Lord, watch over President Obama as he travels and please let all of those meeting on global warming know that You are indeed in charge of the weather, not our president or any other government leader. Dear Father, bless this house, and Lord, bless this line, and please bless all those who use it. And now, Lord, I ask in the name of Jesus for another message and then to get it dispatched. In Jesus' Name, I give all honor and glory and praise and place my prayers. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, I pray you all had a really blessed Thanksgiving, as we did here at the Southern Location of the North Pole. Over the past years, over twenty of them that I have been writing for Jesus using the email, I have written a lot about what I called The Journey or A Big Trip or something like that. While doing the story leading up to Christmas, some years I had us traveling with those traveling to Bethlehem many different ways. We have been high above looking down from "Santa's Sleigh." One year we traveled in a big "Hummer" and one year not too long ago I looked at the story through the eyes of "Mr. Don Key." So this year how will we travel? Well, I thought about traveling in a big blimp, with Captain Charles Wotring at the controls, but I found out he is not licensed for the blimp, although my friend Charles has flown about everything else. So where do I turn this year? Well, if you don't mind, I think once again I will make a "donkey" of myself. (Yes, I know what some of you are thinking, but please be nice!) So this year we are going to look at the story through the eyes of Donkey Dan. So how about we get started?
Monday: November 30, 2015: The Big Trip, by Donkey Dan (Day One)
Luke 1:5 - In the time of Herod King of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah. His wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. 7 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and they were both well along in years. 8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. (NIV)
Well, brothers and sisters, I, Donkey Dan, am out just looking around, hanging out with a few other farm animals and others of God's two and four legged critters. As I look at the group I am hanging out with it makes me want to laugh, so I just let out a big Hee Haw, and out came Roy Clark. No, that was not right, I just want to keep you thinking. I laughed because this great big guy, I mean this big guy we call a camel seems to spit when he talks to the other animals. Anyway, I want to talk over some of this scripture with the other animals and I invite you to sit down and listen in.
This scripture is talking about Zechariah and his dear wife Elizabeth and God's Word is telling us these are good people, that they both followed God's commands and laws blamelessly or in my words really, really well. I do want to say this, though, they were still sinners. Now I know this as it is pointed out in my scripture.
Romans 3:23 - For all are sinners and fall short of the glory of God. (NIV)
You see, my dear brothers and sisters, we are all sinners, even we animals like me, Donkey Dan. The Word of God also tells us that Zechariah, who was a priest, and his dear wife were no "spring chickens." In fact, you might call Elizabeth an "old hen" and old Zach, an old rooster. As a priest, Zechariah had the job of keeping the incense burning and while this was going on the worshipers were outside praying. I am excited as we get moving on this story, for as we are going to see over the next week or more, there is a big change coming in the way worship was and is being done.
Tomorrow we are going to see what happens when an angel of the Lord appears to old Zach. Well, I wonder if Donkey Dan can find anything to sing about.
Okay, brothers and sisters, let me step out of the role of Donkey Dan and just tell you this. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Dolores and I spent it right here at home with our two cats and two dogs. I made this meal. In our crockpot, I put in two really large chicken breasts sliced down the middle. I added a family size can of cream of chicken soup and one full can of whole milk. I then put in some chopped sweet onions and some chopped celery. I also put in one chopped up apple and a big handful of grapes cut in half. After that had cooked for awhile on high, I added in a lot of frozen veggies including carrots, broccoli and cauliflower. I also put in one can of sweet peas. After that was about ready to serve I made instant mashed potatoes and, say what you want, I make them good! I melt butter in a pan until it gets brown then put in whole milk, NO WATER! I also put in a lot of soft cream cheese. When that is blended good, I put in some fresh chopped celery and onions and cut up four slices of toast. That made a good potato filling. Then on a plate we just put the "chicken stuff", over the mashed potatoes and it was really good. For the leftovers, I just put the potatoes right into the crockpot with the chicken stuff and mixed it really well.
Now listen to this. On Friday morning I made big omelets and put some of this chicken stuff right in the middle of the omelet. I did heat the chicken stuff before putting it into the omelet. So we were really blessed so I think the right song to sing this day is this simple Praise Song.
Praise God, from Whom ALL Blessings Flow
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below.
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Please Go forth now praising and giving thanks to Jesus for He is good. Love ya.
Pastor Dan (AKA Donkey Dan)
And please pray for Reverend Jackson and Pastor Sharpton that they would start leading the lost to Jesus. That is the only place where peace will come from! Can I get at least one amen on that?
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below.
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Amen.
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